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- Chief, Deputy Chief and four Band Council members elected every three years under the Custom Electoral System; next election Sep 2025
- Wapekeka Kapeshewekamic Lodging: 807-537-2797
Band Office
Band Office
Wapekeka First Nation
Wapekeka First Nation
807-537-2315
1-888-310-1122
Numéro sans frais: 1-855-242-3310
Télécopie: 807-537-2336
Band Office: Mon-Fri 9 am-12 noon, 1 pm-5 pm
Dernière mise à jour: Apr 3, 2025: Suggérer une modification
Procédé et formulaires
Call for information
Admissibilité / population desservie
Members of Wapekeka First Nation
Frais
None
Contacts
Caroline Brown - Band Administrator and Media Liaison
Brennan Sainnawap - Chief
brennans@wapekeka.ca
Brennan Sainnawap - Chief
brennans@wapekeka.ca
Langues
English
Notes sur la langue
Oji-Cree, available upon request
Accessibilité
Pas d’accès en fauteuil roulant
Description des services:
Functions as the governing office for the community; oversees all community programs, services and facilities
Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:
Activities and services for community members also include but are not limited to the following:
- Child and Family Services worker on-reserve provided by Tikinagan Child & Family Services, head office in Sioux Lookout; Wapekeka served through Fort Severn Office
- Hospital services available at Meno Ya Win Health Centre in Sioux Lookout
- Ontario First Nation Policing arrangements through Big Trout Lake (KI) Police services, administered by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)
- Provides a few small private businesses, Wapekeka Community Store and the Bear's Den Hotel
- Offers a Youth Centre and a Senior's Complex
- Holds community events and meetings at the Wapekeka Memorial Hall including the annual Survivors of Suicide Conference
- Operates a Canada Post postal station on part-time basis; mail delivery by Wasaya Airways once per week
- Provides worship services through St Paul's Anglican Church, the Parish Hall (where most seniors attend), the Full Gospel Youth Ministry Church and Wapekeka Assembly Church
- Offers a local radio station and cable television
- Provides provincial court services in the community at the Band Office on an occasional basis
- Serviced by scheduled and charter flights through the gravel runway Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport located 2.8 km W of community; maintained and serviced by the Ministry of Transportation Ontario
- Provides an Emergency First Response Team
- Provides health care at the Nursing Station (Judas & Emily Winter Memorial Clinic)
- Coordinates some health programs through Wapekeka Health Authority
- Administers education services and the Reverend Eleazar Winter Memorial School, currently operating in community buildings pending construction of new school, through the Wapekeka Education Authority
- In Aug 1981 the Angling Lake Band officially changed its name to Wapekeka First Nation
- Wapekeka is a dry community and ALL arriving passengers at airport and via winter road undergo a luggage check for alcohol and/or illegal substances
Services et programmes:
Dernière mise à jour: Apr 3, 2025: Suggérer une modification